SUPERSEX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SUPERSEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUPERSEX?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUPERSEX is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUPERSEX
No single letter turns SUPERSEX into another word.
How SUPERSEX scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SUPERSEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUPERSEX has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUPERSEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In genetics, a sterile organism whose sex chromosomes are out of their normal balance.
Fruit-fly researchers coined supersex for flies carrying an upset ratio of sex chromosomes to the other chromosomes. Such individuals usually cannot breed, which is why the term appears in classic genetics papers.
How SUPERSEX is used
The word supersex is a narrow term of genetics.
- The cross produced a sterile supersex among the offspring.
- The paper explains how a supersex arises from unbalanced chromosomes.
- A supersex fly could not be used in the breeding line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUPERSEX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUPERSEX
3 longer words begin with SUPERSEX.
Shorter words from the letters in SUPERSEX
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Common questions about SUPERSEX
- Is SUPERSEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUPERSEX, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUPERSEX worth?
- SUPERSEX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUPERSEX mean?
- In genetics, a sterile organism whose sex chromosomes are out of their normal balance.
- What letters can be added to SUPERSEX?
- No single letter can be added to SUPERSEX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SUPERSEX:
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